Archos, a company that primary makes tablets and various other multimedia devices, is joining the smartphone market. Yesterday Archos released details for three devices. The Archos 35 Carbon, 50 Platinum, and 53 Platinum are planned to be released in Europe in April and May. All of the devices support dual SIM, cloud storage, and a pure Andriod OS experience.
The Archos 35 Carbon is an entry level devices for 99.99$, it has a 3.5-inch IPS display with a 320x480 resolution. Running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, The devices carries a 1,300mAh battery, and is powered by a 1GHz processor. With 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, and a microSD card slot expandable up to 32GB, the devices is fitting for the price point.
The Archos 50 Platinum will the flagship device for the company with a price point of 219.99$. For that price you get a 1.2GHz quad-core cortex-A5 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of storage and a 2,000mAh battery. It has 5 inch display with an upped 960x540 resolution. Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, expandable up 64GB microSD and an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera round out the device.
Finnally, there is the Archos 53 Platinum, the slightly higher end model. The devices does come with a slightly larger 5.3 inch display and a 2,800mAh battery, but other than that the device has the same processor, memory, resolution, and Andriod OS.
Sadly no new on an U.S releases, as of yet. Check out the phones side by side bellow. from left to right: 35 Carbon, 50 Platinum, and 53 Platinum